To provide a game machine capable of simplifying the structure of control means without causing malfunction while enhancing the amusement of a jackpot game.

When a game ball enters a starting hole, a jackpot lottery is executed, and when a jackpot is finalized as the result of the jackpot lottery, the jackpot game is executed. In the jackpot game, a round game to open either a first large winning hole 11 or a second large winning hole 28 is executed a plurality of times, and a player can acquire prize balls according to the number of game balls entering the large winning holes. A promotion winning hole 27 is provided within the first large winning hole 11, and when a game ball enters the promotion winning hole 27, a promotion lottery is executed. When the result of the promotion lottery is the finalized promotion, a game state after termination of the jackpot game state is set in a high-probability game state. In the round games in which the promotion lottery is not executed, the second large winning hole 28 is opened.

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